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Murder Inc: The Jewish & Italian Hit Squad that Terrorized the US

2022/4/12
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Danny Gold 和 Sean Williams: 本集讲述了20世纪20年代，由犹太裔和意大利裔黑帮组成的“谋杀公司”（Murder Incorporated）在美国兴起的故事。该组织是美国黑手党辛迪加的执行机构，专门从事暗杀活动，在十年间杀害了上千人。辛迪加是一个由美国最强大的犹太裔和意大利裔黑帮老大组成的组织，他们像公司一样运作，对全国范围内的犯罪活动进行控制和裁决。谋杀公司通常分为两个派系：意大利的Ocean Hill Hooligans和犹太人的Brownsville Troop，他们分别负责暗杀同族裔的黑帮成员。辛迪加的判决必须服从，即使目标是强大的黑帮人物，例如Dutch Schultz。谋杀公司的成员，例如Bug Workman和Mendy Weiss，都是经验丰富的杀手，他们执行辛迪加的命令，无论任务地点在哪里。 Danny Gold 和 Sean Williams: 本集还探讨了禁酒令为有组织犯罪提供了巨大的机会，导致了大量金钱和暴力冲突。Arnold Rothstein培养了一批年轻的黑帮成员，包括Meyer Lansky、Bugsy Siegel等，他们后来组成了辛迪加，并以新的方式运作犯罪活动。Lucky Luciano 和 Meyer Lansky 通过与Salvatore Maranzano合作，除掉了Joe Masseria，并最终掌控了黑帮势力。Lepke Buchalter 是谋杀公司的重要人物，他以冷酷无情著称，控制着大量的犯罪活动。Abe Reles（Kid Twist）和Harry Strauss（Pittsburgh Phil）是谋杀公司布鲁克林团伙的领导者，他们参与了大量的暗杀活动。Murder, Inc.的成员，例如Abe Reles，在犯罪生涯中被捕无数次，但刑期很短。最终，由于内部矛盾和警方的大规模打击，谋杀公司逐渐瓦解。

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The Syndicate, formed by powerful organized crime figures like Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, operated like a corporation to bring order to the underworld, handling disputes and decisions for gangsters across the country.

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In the 1920's, high level gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky had a plan to bring some semblance of order to the underworld. Together with a few other kingpins, they formed the Syndicate: a collection of the most powerful organized crime figures across the country that operated like a corporation with a board of directors that voted on everything related to gangsters. To make sure their judgments were respected, they needed an enforcement arm. Enter Murder Incorporated. Emerging from the Happy Maione's Ocean Hill Hooligans and Abe "Kid Twist" Reles Brownsville Troop, this collection of Jewish and Italian hit men would bring new meaning to the term "contract killer," dropping upwards of a thousand bodies across the country in a 10 year span as they carried out the Syndicate's bidding. Men like Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss, otherwise known as Pep, who had a confirmed 30 hits and might have had as many as 100, became some of the most prolific killers the world of organized crime has ever seen. Based on the books "Tough Jews" by Rich Cohen and "Murder, Inc" by Burton Turkus.

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